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TIL that 14 of the poorest African countries are forced by France, through a colonial pact, to put 85% of their foreign reserve into France central bank.They are effectively putting in 500 Billion dollars every year to the French treasury.

via reddit.com

For reference, their entire GDP is $2.465T, meaning more than 20% of France’s entire GDP is solely wealth gained from the labor of former colonial subjects who suffered horrific crimes against humanity while under their rule. And this is without taking into account other neocolonial policies that they have in place as well.